1、五Unit 2Using language. 写出下列句中画线单词的词性和词义1. Although my new cellphone has many functions, it doesnt function well. (n. 功能); (v. 起作用, 运转)2. I have booked my ticket and bought three books for my sister. (v. 预订); (n. 书)3. My brother is studying for the coming examination in our fathers study. (v. 学习); (n
2、. 书房)4. Lets go out for a walk after supper, but dont walk too fast. (n. 散步); (v. 走)5. You must slow down a little or youll make yourself ill. (v. 放慢)6. Lily wanted to take a career break in order to have children. (n. 休息)7. There is no need for you to get up early tomorrow. (n. 必要)8. The boy dreams
3、 of becoming a pilot. (v. 梦想)9. Who scored the goal? (v. 进球)10. The accident resulted in the death of two passengers. (v. 导致). 单句语法填空1. He had misread (read) a road sign and taken the wrong way. 2. It is hoped that natural(nature) resources will be found on Mars. 3. He didnt like his work; he did it
4、 simply(simple) for the money. 4. Martin was very helpful(help); we couldnt have finished the work on time without him. 5. He was one of the greatest thinkers (think) and had a great effect on Chinese culture. 6. We hope these lovely children grow happily and healthily(health) every day. 7. Its a(n)
5、informal (formal) party, so you neednt go home to get changed. 8. Many accidents are caused by some drivers carelessness (careless). 9. The Great Wall in China left a deep impression(impress) on the people all over the world. 10. Father looked at the result of his sons examination with satisfaction
6、(satisfy) and pride. . 阅读理解(2021 临夏高一检测)As is known to all, “I am sorry. ” is the phrase we hear most in daily communication in Britain. What does it mean? Does it always mean you apologize (道歉) for what you have done wrong? Let us review a scene happening in a British street one day. A young man wa
7、lked down a road playing with his smart phone when a lady came over in his opposite direction. The man failed to give his way to the lady in time. As a result, he bumped (碰撞) into the lady. As a rule in China, the man must say “I am sorry” first, because he was so busy playing with his smart phone t
8、hat he got in the way of the lady. However, both the persons apologized to each other by saying “I am sorry. ” Why is this the case? As a matter of fact, the phrase “I am sorry” takes on another meaning in Britain. Anyone should speak to the other this way if either of them creates inconvenience (不便
9、). The apology is just a way to avoid unnecessary fights between them. Another cultural difference about “I am sorry. ” can also be found at British restaurants. Supposing an old woman says to a waiter in a pub (酒馆), “I am sorry, but can I order another drink? ” This time you must realize it doesnt
10、mean she apologizes to the waiter for what she has done wrong, but means she really needs the waiter to do something for her. 【文章大意】这是一篇说明文。文章主要以“I am sorry. (对不起)”为例, 向我们介绍了在不同的文化中, 日常英语交际用语使用的差异性。1. In China, the person who does something _should apologize to the other by saying “I am sorry. ”A. w
11、rongB. specialC. rightD. common【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第二段关键句“As a rule in China, the man must say I am sorry first, because he was so busy playing with his smart phone that he got in the way of the lady. ”可知, 第二段举出的例子如果发生在中国, 男人必须先说声对不起, 因为他忙着玩手机, 挡了女士的路。由此可推断出, 在中国, 做错事的人应该向对方道歉, 说“对不起”。故选A。2. The young ma
12、n was _when he bumped into the lady. A. answering a callB. playing with his smart phoneC. dancing along the roadD. playing football with his friends by the roadside【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段可知, 男人边走路边玩智能手机, 一位女士从他对面走来, 他没能及时给那位女士让路, 结果他撞上了那位女士。由此可知, 当男人撞到那位女士时, 他正忙着玩智能手机。故选B。3. We can know from Paragraph 2
13、_apologized for the bumping. A. the waiterB. both the lady and the young manC. the young manD. the lady【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段关键句“However, both the persons apologized to each other by saying I am sorry. ”可知, 发生碰撞后, 两个人都向对方道歉, 说“对不起”。故选B。4. The old woman in the pub wants to _the waiter by saying “I am sor
14、ry. ”A. apologize toB. ask for help fromC. treatD. play a joke on【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句可知, 老妇人对服务员说“对不起”, 并不意味着她为自己做错了什么而向服务员道歉, 而是意味着她想让服务员帮她做点什么。由此可知, 酒吧里的老妇人对服务员说“对不起”是想向服务员寻求帮助。故选B。5. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Dont play with smart phones on the road. B. We should learn to be a pe
15、rson with good manners. C. How to order a drink successfully in a British pub? D. We can find cultural difference in daily English communication. 【解析】选D。主旨大意题。文章主要以“I am sorry. (对不起)”为例, 向我们介绍了在不同的文化中, 日常英语交际用语使用的差异性。在中国, 它用于做错事时的道歉用语, 但在英国, 它可能是为了避免不必要的斗争或寻求别人帮助时的礼貌用语, D项(在日常英语交际中, 我们可以发现文化差异)符合文章主
16、旨。故选D。. 完形填空(2021北京高一检测)Rabbit Island is a tiny and remote island off northern Michigans Keweenaw Peninsula. Its 1 nature is the perfect destination for artists to come and 2 their creativity. New Yorker Rob Gorski 3 the island in 2010, who wanted to protect its natural state. He also saw a(n) 4 to
17、create a setting where artists could get close to 5 and create their great works. Gorski set up the Rabbit Island Foundation, whose main goal is to host artistic6 during the summer while also teaching and 7 conservation. Artists, with the8 that the island should largely remain untouched, are 9 to a
18、two-week period of reflective engagement in a wilderness unlike anywhere else in the world. They 10 a “leave no trace” policy. Small solar panels are used to generate electricity and buildings are simple with nothing 11 left in place. “Rabbit Island exists to encourage the community to 12 the most f
19、undamental part of our age the environment and the human relationship to it. We challenge artists to take 13 and create bold works challenging the assumptions of the landscape created by previous 14, said Gorski. Most artists say they have a better understanding and15 of nature after the experience,
20、 which, in turn, gives them many creative inspirations. 【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。作者通过叙述Gorski将Rabbit Island打造成环保和艺术创作的基地, 向读者传递了保护自然, 与大自然和谐相处的理念。1. A. undesiredB. undevelopedC. unnamedD. unknown【解析】选B。undesired不受欢迎的, 不希望得到的; undeveloped未利用的, 未开发的; unnamed不知姓名的; unknown未知的。这里与下文中remain untouched呼应, 指兔子岛未经开发还保留
21、着原始的自然风貌。故选B。2. A. displayB. assessC. sharpenD. inspire【解析】选D。句意: 未经开发的自然环境使其成为了艺术家们前来激发灵感的理想目的地。display展示; assess评估; sharpen使锋利; inspire鼓舞, 激发。此处搭配creativity, 指艺术家们来岛屿上寻找、激发灵感。故选D。3. A. purchasedB. developedC. ignoredD. occupied【解析】选A。句意: 纽约人Rob Gorski在2010年买下了这座岛屿。purchased购买; developed发展; ignored
22、不理睬; occupied占据。从下文中Gorski对岛屿进行的建设改造来看, 他对于岛屿是有使用权的, 所以应该是他买下了这座岛屿。故选A。4. A. signB. possibilityC. opportunityD. invitation【解析】选C。sign标志, 符号; possibility可能性; opportunity机会; invitation邀请。结合文段内容可知, 兔子岛的原始环境适于艺术创造, 所以对于岛屿主人Gorski来说这是一个机会, 下文中他也确实把握住了这个机会。故选C。5. A. heavenB. peopleC. lifeD. nature【解析】选D。h
23、eaven天堂; people人们; life生命; nature自然。原始、自然就是兔子岛最吸引艺术家们的地方, 在上文中已经点出。故选D。6. A. partiesB. programsC. gamesD. shows【解析】选B。parties聚会; programs项目; games游戏, 比赛; shows表演。从后句解释的具体内容来看, 这里指建立的兔子岛基地可以进行一些兼具艺术性和自然保护意义的项目。故选B。7. A. opposingB. raisingC. recordingD. advocating【解析】选D。句意: 其主要目的是在夏天主持一些艺术性项目, 同时也能教授和
24、提倡保护工作。opposing反对; raising提高, 筹集; recording记录; advocating提倡, 拥护。空白处与teaching并列, 结合宾语conservation来看, 要表达对于自然保护的支持, 用“提倡、拥护”是最符合文意的。故选D。8. A. hobbyB. topicC. beliefD. plan【解析】选C。hobby爱好; topic话题; belief信念; plan计划。从下文的“leave no trace”政策来看, 这些得到邀请的艺术家们都是有着一个共同的信念的。故选C。9. A. invitedB. exposedC. addictedD
25、. related【解析】选A。句意: 认为岛屿应当尽可能保持不与外界接触的艺术家们, 受邀参加一个持续两周的反映活动。invited(to)邀请; exposed(to)暴露; addicted(to)上瘾; related(to)与有关。这样的一个活动, 艺术家们应当是被岛屿主人邀请过来的。故选A。10. A. organizeB. drawC. followD. imagine【解析】选C。句意: 他们都遵循着一个“不留痕迹”的政策。organize组织; draw画, 吸引; follow跟随, 遵循; imagine想象。空白后给出的宾语是一个政策、规则, 因此需要艺术家们来遵守。故
26、选C。11. A. permanentB. popularC. availableD. portable【解析】选A。句意: 建筑都比较简单, 并且绝不允许任何永久性的东西留下。permanent永久的; popular受欢迎的; available可获取的; portable轻便的。这里要符合前文“leave no trace”的要求, 即不能留下任何难以降解、长久留存的东西。故选A。12. A. put onB. focus onC. turn onD. agree on【解析】选B。句意: 兔子岛的存在鼓励社会群体重视到我们这个时代最根本的东西。put on穿上; focus on聚焦于
27、; turn on打开; agree on同意。既然是最根本、最重大的部分, 那就是希望得到人们的关注和重视。故选B。13. A. risksB. turnsC. dutiesD. notes【解析】选A。risks风险; turns转弯; duties义务, 职责; notes说明。既然是作出挑战, 且作品的风格比较激进大胆, 那就要相应地承担风险。故选A。14. A. groupsB. racesC. fansD. generations【解析】选D。句意: 我们让艺术家们承担风险、创作风格大胆的作品, 挑战由先辈们创造的风景画理念。groups群组; races比赛; fans粉丝; g
28、enerations代, 辈。这里由previous修饰, 与前文的our age呼应, 应该指前辈、先代。故选D。15. A. descriptionB. communicationC. appreciationD. recreation【解析】选C。description描述; communication交流, 沟通; appreciation感激, 欣赏; recreation娱乐。空白处与understanding并列, 结合文段可知, 应该指艺术家能更好地理解、欣赏大自然, 相应地也能进行有创造力的创作。故选C。. 语法填空(2021深圳高一检测)In Western countri
29、es the only person who might dare to tell you that you are fat is your 1. _ (person) doctor. Then he would probably tell you how to lose weight. In China, there is no such inhibition (拘谨) as to 2. _ (talk) about peoples weight. It 3. _ (be) common for Chinese to go to foreigners, saying, “You are fa
30、t. ” While talking with 4. _Chinese friend about this, she told me that I was wrong and that Chinese will normally say, “You are so fat. ” There are several reasons 5. _ people will say this. Firstly, there arent many fat people in China. It is almost a 6. _ (curious) to see someone fat. Secondly, t
31、here are 7. _ (few) private issues. Thirdly, people just feel freer to speak exactly what is on their mind. Try feeding Western dessert to Asians 8. _ you will always hear “too sweet, too sweet”. Some Chinese think that all Westerners are fat. Once I 9. _ (play) basketball when a guy said, “Why are
32、you so skinny? I thought all people from America were fat. ” Perhaps if more people in America comment on others weight, then it might help remind people to try 10. _ (stay) fit. 【文章大意】这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了不同国家和地域在诸多方面有所不同, 针对“肥胖”的表达, 中西方文化有差异。1. 【解析】personal。考查词性转换。句意: 在西方国家, 唯一敢告诉你你胖的人是你的私人医生。此处用形容词person
33、al(私人的)作定语修饰名词doctor。故填personal。2. 【解析】talking。考查动名词。句意: 在中国, 谈论人们的体重是没有这种拘谨的。介词短语as to(谈到、关于), 相当于介词about, 介词后面用动名词(doing)作宾语。故填talking。3. 【解析】is。考查主谓一致。句意: 中国人对外国人说“你很胖”是很常见的。此处缺乏谓语, 讲的是事实, 用一般现在时; 主语It是单数形式, 主谓一致, 谓语也用单数形式。故填is。4. 【解析】a。考查冠词。句意: 当她和一位中国朋友谈论这个问题时, 她告诉我我错了, 中国人通常会说, “你太胖了。”此处泛指“一位中
34、国朋友”, Chinese的发音以辅音音素开头, 应用不定冠词a表示泛指。故填a。5. 【解析】why。考查定语从句关系词。句意: 为什么人们这样说, 有几个原因。此处是定语从句, 先行词是several reasons, 在从句中作原因状语, 应用关系副词why。故填why。6. 【解析】 curiosity。考查词性转换。句意: 看到一个胖子几乎是一个罕见而有趣的事。由前面a可知, 此处用名词作表语, curiosity可用作可数名词, 表“罕见而有趣的事”。故填curiosity。7. 【解析】fewer。考查比较级。句意: 其次, 私人问题较少。由全文语境可知, 这里指相对美国来说,
35、在中国, 私人问题相对少一些, 应用比较级。故填fewer。8. 【解析】and。考查连词。句意: 试着给亚洲人吃西餐甜点, 你总会听到“太甜了, 太甜了”。本句是“祈使句+ and +陈述句”结构, 前一分句表示一种假设/条件, 相当于if条件状语从句, 后一句表示一种结果/推论。故填and。9. 【解析】 was playing。考查时态。句意: 有一次我正在打篮球时, 一个人说: “你怎么这么瘦? ”此处缺乏谓语, 由Once和said可知本句时态属于过去时间范畴, 由句意可知, 此处表示“正在打篮球”, 所以此处用过去进行时(was/were doing), 形成“was/were d
36、oing. . . when. . . ”结构, 主语I是单数形式, 谓语也用单数形式。故填was playing。10. 【解析】to stay。考查动词不定式。句意: 也许如果更多的美国人对别人的体重发表评论, 那么这可能有助于提醒人们尽量保持健康。固定搭配try to do sth. (尽力做某事), 此处用动词不定式(to do)。符合句意。故填to stay。. 阅读理解(2021桂林高一检测)Who taught you to speak English? Your parents, while you were a young child? Your teachers at sc
37、hool ? Perhaps even the BBC as a grown-up. Whoever it was, somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becoming a truly global language. There are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language and about the same number who have learnt it besides their moth
38、er tongue. It is said there are one billion people learning English now and about 80% of the information on the Internet is in English. Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate, using a common language, across countries and cultures?
39、 Or should we worry about the dangers of “mono culturalism”, a world in which we all speak the same language, eat the same food and listen to the same music? Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language? On the contrary (相反), I would have thoughtalthough I have never acce
40、pted the argument that if only we all understood each other better, there would be fewer wars. Ask the people of India (where many of them speak at least some English) and Pakistan (the same situation with India). . . If we all speak English, will we then all start eating McDonalds burgers? Surely n
41、ot. If English becomes more dominant (占主导地位的), it will kill other languages? I doubt it. When I travel in Africa or Asia, I am always surprised by how many people can speak not only their own language but also one or more other related languages, as well as English and perhaps some French or German
42、as well. When we discussed this on Talking Point a couple of years ago, we received a wonderfully poetic email from a listener in Ireland. “The English language is a beautiful language. Maybe its like a rose, ” he said. “But who would ever want their gardens just full of roses? ”Well, I love roses,
43、and I think they make a beautiful addition to any garden. But the way I see it, just by planting a few roses, you dont necessarily need to pull out everything else. If more and more people want to plant English roses, thats fine by me. 【文章大意】这是一篇议论文。文章主要是关于我们是否需要担心英语是世界单一的语言这一话题。对此作者用花园来比喻提出了多种语言共存的
44、必要性。1. By saying “Ask the people of India. . . and Pakistan” (in Paragraph 4), the author is trying to show that _. A. speaking the same language doesnt necessarily bring peaceB. wars can destroy the relationship between two countriesC. English doesnt kill other languagesD. English is widely used in
45、 the world【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第四段可知, 虽然我从来没有接受这样一个论点: 只要我们都能更好地相互理解, 战争就会更少。由此判断出作者以印度和巴基斯坦为例说明彼此间更多的了解并不能减少战争, 故选A。2. What does “rose” in the last two paragraphs stand for? A. the worldB. familyC. languageD. the Earth【解析】选C。词义猜测题。根据最后两段可知作者提出没有人喜欢自己的花园只种玫瑰, 想借此表达不能所有的国家都使用一种语言。故判断出, rose指语言, 故选C。3. The
46、author would probably agree that _. A. its very hard to plant many kinds of flowers in a gardenB. its good for people from other countries to learn EnglishC. more and more people like to plant roses in their gardensD. English is easier to learn than other languages【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据最后一段可知, “但在我看来, 只要种上
47、几朵玫瑰, 你不一定要把其他的都拔出来。如果越来越多的人想种英国玫瑰, 那我没意见。”作者用玫瑰比喻语言, 认为别的国家的人学英语是好的, 故选B。4. This passage is mainly about _. A. why English has become a global languageB. how many people in the world speak EnglishC. how people in the world learn English as a foreign languageD. whether we need to worry about English
48、 being a world language【解析】选D。主旨大意题。根据第三段“这是好事还是坏事? 我们是否应该庆祝这样一个事实: 越来越多的人可以使用共同的语言, 在不同的国家和文化之间进行交流? 或者我们应该担心单一文化主义的危险吗? 在这个世界里, 我们都说同一种语言, 吃同样的食物, 听同样的音乐? ”可知, 文章主要是关于我们是否需要担心英语是世界单一的语言这一话题。故选D。 . 语法填空阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容(一个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Friday, 8 SeptemberFinally its Friday! I cant believe the fi
49、rst week is coming to 1. _ end. Things are going well, but there is always something new just around the corner. At junior high, I took lots of 2. _ (note) during class. So in physics class on Monday, I did the same, but the teacher spoke so fast 3. _ I couldnt take everything down. The teacher foun
50、d I 4. _ (struggle) with note-taking and told me 5. _ (stop) and just listen. “Thinking is a more important 6. _ (able) than note-taking and memorizing, ” he said. After class on Wednesday, I 7. _ (hurry) to the school skateboarding club. I was running out of the classroom when I bumped into a girl.
51、 I said sorry to her and she smiled at me. At the club, I had my first try at skateboarding and 8. _ (fall) off the board a lot. 9. _ (sudden), a girl bumped into me the same girl from the corridor! This time, both of us laughed. Her name is Sarah. We started to practice together and soon became fri
52、ends. Im going to watch a film with Sarah tomorrow evening. Im looking forward 10. _ it ! 【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。主要记叙了作者在学校度过的一周。星期一物理课上老师告诉作者思考是比记笔记和记忆更重要的能力, 周三, 作者去了滑板俱乐部, 第一次玩滑板, 还认识了女孩莎拉, 两人约好明晚去看电影。1. 【解析】an。考查固定短语。句意: 我真不敢相信第一个星期就要结束了。结合句意可知表示“结束”短语为come to an end。故填an。2. 【解析】notes。考查名词的数。句意: 初中时, 我在课
53、堂上做了很多笔记。note为可数名词, 由lots of修饰应用复数形式。故填notes。3. 【解析】that。考查状语从句。句意: 所以在星期一的物理课上, 我也照做了, 但是老师说得太快了, 以至于我不能把所有的东西都记下来。此处为结果状语从句, 表示“如此以至于”应用so. . . that. . . 结构。故填that。4. 【解析】was struggling。考查动词时态。句意: 老师发现我记笔记很费劲, 就叫我停下来听。此处为省略连接词的宾语从句, 从句中表示过去某个时刻正在进行的动作, 应用过去进行时; 主语为I, 谓语动词应用单数形式。故填was struggling。5.
54、 【解析】to stop。考查非谓语动词。结合句意可知表示“告诉某人做某事”短语为tell sb. to do sth. 。故填to stop。6. 【解析】ability。考查名词。句意: 思考是比记笔记和记忆更重要的能力。根据上文a more important可知应填单数名词ability, 作表语。故填ability。7. 【解析】hurried。考查动词时态。句意: 星期三下课后, 我赶到学校滑板俱乐部。根据时间状语“After class on Wednesday”可知应用一般过去时。故填hurried。8. 【解析】fell。考查动词时态。句意: 在俱乐部, 我第一次尝试滑板, 从滑板上摔下很多次。根据上文“I had my first try at skateboarding and”可知and连接并列谓语, 故本空应用一般过去时。故填fell。9. 【解析】Suddenly。句意: 突然, 一个女孩撞到了我身上就是走廊里的那个女孩! 修饰下文整个句子应用副词suddenly, 作状语, 句首单词首字母要大写。故填Suddenly。10. 【解析】to。考查固定短语。句意: 我很期待它! 结合句意表示“期待”短语为look forward to。故填to。
